Short video app TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance, fired its entire India workforce earlier this week, according to an ET report quoting sources aware of the development. It said about 40 people were laid off after a call and would be given at least three months of severance pay. “The TikTok India employees were told that February 28 would be their last day and were given feelers to look out for other opportunities for some time as it was conveyed that restarting India operations was not going to take off because of the government’s stance on Chinese apps,” according to the ET report quoting a source.
After the government banned TikTok in June 2020, several workers were mostly working on the Dubai and Brazil markets. The app had around 200 million users in India.
It also quoted another source saying “the entire team was informed. We were anyway told some time ago that business in India may be shut off, so look for jobs. Most people will be given 90 days severance.”
